Attendance Policy

If your student will be late or absent please call the main office at

718-432-4300 ext.1034

If your student is/was absent, please submit your excuse (medical) notes to the main office via email to Ms. Flack:

Attendance is a required, legal record.

Students are to report each day by 8:20 a.m. IN-Tech takes the daily (official) attendance by 8:30 a.m.
during the first period. Any student who arrives at class after this time will be marked late or maybe
marked absent for the day. Phone calls will be made after 9:30 a.m. each day for those students marked
absent or late. Students who arrive late to school (without an excused lateness) or cuts class will receive detention on the same day (2:40 - 3:45). A student who arrives late to school are counted as present for the day (this may take a day to reflect on the records). Being at school on time is important, but it is always better to come to school late than to miss the whole day. Schools may keep students who are late or cut class—or leave early—out of school activities or communal lunchtime.

A student who is marked present for the day but absent for a particular class is considered to have cut the class. Students must be in their assigned class unless a staff member has removed them from class for a specific reason (students should get documentation to support their class absence)
Families must pick up their students (grades 6-12) in the main office if they need to leave early
Parents/Guardians must sign out at the Attendance Office
Students who are granted an early dismissal may not be on school property following their dismissal time without prior approval of the building administrator

IN-Tech will reach out to learn why students missed school and how to help. Parents must provide a
reason for absences. IN-Tech will follow-up and new outreach is required after ten missed days in a row,
and when students in pre-K through eighth grade miss any 20 days. Schools must have up-to-date phone numbers and addresses so they can reach families. Families make sure your phone numbers on your NYC Schools account and on Blue Cards are correct. We will continue to communicate with homes via mail, e-mail, backpack, phone calls, and our school app.

Early dismissals are for serious emergencies and should not occur on a daily or regular basis.

From CR A-210 - STANDARDS FOR ATTENDANCE PROGRAMS

The term parent as used in this regulation means the student’s parent or guardian or any person in a
parental or custodial relationship to the student. The definition of parent includes: birth or adoptive
parent, step-parent, legally appointed guardian, foster parent and “person in parental relation” to a child
attending school. The term “person in parental relation” refers to a person who has assumed the care of
a child because the child’s parents or guardians are not available, whether due to, among other things,
death, imprisonment, mental illness, living outside the state, or abandonment of the child.

Student Attendance Policy Attendance and Early Dismissal Policy

All students in grade 6-12 must be in their assigned first period class every day by 8:20 a.m.
Students must have their IN-Tech school ID on them at all times
Students MUST use their IN-Tech ID to swipe in to the building to capture their attendance every day
Students are considered late to school if they are not in their first period class by 8:20 a.m.
Students who are late must sign in at the main office
Students who are absent must bring a medical note or excuse letter to the main office when the student returns to school
All students returning from an absence are required to bring a note signed by a parent, guardian or doctor. Absent notes should be brought to the main office or provided to the first-period teacher and placed in the attendance folder.
Excused lateness and absence still count toward student overall attendance.
Students absent 10% or more of school days (18 or more days) are considered chronically absent.
Students absent more than 10% (more than 18 days) are considered severely chronically absent.
To provide you with a sense of how absence impacts your child, here are some numbers for you to review.
- For every 10 days children are absent they miss 1⁄2 a month of school.
- For every 20 days children are absent they miss 1 month of school.

We trust that we are in this together and will have your support with making sure your child is
present every day so that we can reach our goal of 90% attendance for the 2023-2024 school
year.

We ask that if your student is late or absent, please call the main office at 718-432-4300 ext.1034
as soon as possible. If your student is/was absent, please submit your excuse (medical) notes to
the main office.

ALL students are to report each day by 8:20 a.m. IN-Tech takes the daily (official) attendance by
8:30 a.m. during the first period. Any student who arrives at class after 8:20 will be marked late or
maybe marked absent for the day. Phone calls will be made after 9:30 a.m. each day for those students
marked absent or late.

Students who arrive late to school (without an excused lateness) or cut class will receive detention on the same day (2:40 - 3:45). Students who arrive late to school are counted as present for the day (this may take a day to reflect on the records). Being at school on time is important, but it is always better to come to school late than to miss the whole day. Schools may keep students who are late or cut class—or leave early—out of school activities or communal lunchtime.

A student who is marked present for the day but absent for a particular class is considered to have cut the class. Students must be in their assigned class unless a staff member has removed them from class for a specific reason (students should get documentation to support their class absence)
Families must pick up their students (grades 6-12) in the main office if they need to leave early. All students must be picked up from the school.
Parents/Guardians must sign out at the Main Office
Students who are granted an early dismissal may not be on school property following their dismissal time without prior approval of the building administrator

Early dismissals are for serious emergencies and should not occur on a daily or regular basis.

From CR A-210 - STANDARDS FOR ATTENDANCE PROGRAMS

Overview of School Discipline Procedures

LATENESS TO CLASS

A student who reports to class after the start of the period is considered late and will be
marked as such. Student(s) sign the late book in the classroom.

STUDENTS WILL NOT BE SENT FOR LATE PASSES. A student who is late more than five
times will be reported, in writing, to the dean. Teachers will follow the Ladder of Referral and
address the issue first before moving up the ladder.

Punctuality – Lateness to School: Students are late if they arrive after the late bell. Latecomers
will be recorded by class, and students should sign a late slip stating the date and time they
arrived.

Action to be taken on a daily basis:

Students will serve detention on the day they are late.

Teachers should call parents when students are late three times and request a teacher-parent
conference; teachers should request a dean conference when students are late five times.

CUTTING

Teachers are responsible for checking attendance each period. If a student is not present in class and was not marked absent for the day, assume the student is cutting unless you receive written documentation from a staff member. The names of students suspected of cutting should be reported as soon as possible to the guidance counselor and dean. Teachers will follow the Ladder of Referral for cutting procedures.

IN-Tech Academy MS/HS 368

2975 Tibbett Avenue
The Bronx, NY 10463